A Year with the Seals

A rare look at what happens when conservation efforts work, and how human tampering with ecosystems continues to have unexpected consequences. A Year with the Seals is also a gripping adventure story of a journalist determined to understand seals and our relationship with them for herself. Author Alix Morris spends a year with these magnetic creatures and brings them to life on the page, season by season, as she learns about their intelligence, their relationships with each other, their ecosystems, and the changing climate.⁣

Alix Morris is a science writer and communications strategist in midcoast Maine. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine, Smithsonian, Sierra Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Down East Magazine, and elsewhere, and she has graduate degrees in science writing from MIT and global health from Johns Hopkins. Her first book, A Year with the Seals, is supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Lynda Doughty has led marine mammal response organizations for many years. She is the founding Executive Director for MMoME since 2011. Born and raised in Maine, Lynda always knew she wanted to work with helping marine mammals. She has provided care for thousands of animals, has opened Maine’s first seal triage center, and looks forward to providing more for marine mammals in Maine. Her work has involved conducting whale necropsies, disentanglement, population studies, marine debris projects and sterning on lobster boats. Lynda was recognized by Portland Press Herald in 2014 as one of 10 Mainers to be thankful for. In 2021, she was named a CNN Hero.